The city of Senoia will make its decisions for the rest of the year missing one councilperson.

Mayor Joan Trammell announced during Monday night's council meeting that Councilman Phillip Adcock had submitted his resignation to her because of a work conflict.

Adcock and his family are moving to Blue Ridge, Ga. for a new job and Trammell thanked Adcock for his years of service on the council. Adcock's seat was up for re-election Tuesday, but he had chosen not to run. Planning commission member Kyle Frank qualified for Adcock's council seat and will begin his tenure on the council in January.

In the meantime, Trammell asked the council if someone should be appointed to the vacant position for the final two months of Adcock's term. The mayor ruled out having Frank start early, because he's still involved in complex decision-making with the city's Planning Commission.

Councilman Bob Hannah said the council would still have a quorum without Adcock and suggested waiting until January until Frank joins the group. The other council members sided with Hannah and will conduct the city's business with four council people until the first of the year.

When Frank leaves his planning commission post to join the council, the planning commission will then be down one member. Trammell said former councilman Ed Roberts has already expressed an interest in serving on the commission. The council decided to give all interested applicants until Nov. 30 to express an interest to the mayor or submit an application to City Hall.

In other news, the council agreed to draw up an ordinance to make all restaurants' malt beverages/wines and food sales report due by the 15th of each month. The city's ordinances call for any restaurant that serves beer or wine to sell at least 55 percent food. The city will be auditing each restaurant's sales on a monthly basis and will allow a five-day grace period past the 15th to turn in the report. After the grace period expires, business owners will have to post a $25 late fee and a $50 administrative fee.

If a business owner fails to report sales by the 15th of the following month, the license would be pulled and a new application would have to be filed to have his alcoholic beverage license returned.